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Boulder Planning Board approves minutes and declines to call up Broadway use‑review
Summary
At its June 23 meeting the Planning Board approved draft minutes from Feb. 17 and April 28, 2026, and chose not to call up a staff approval for a ground‑floor office‑to‑residential conversion at 2521 Broadway Unit A after staff explained the building is mixed‑use and a similar conversion already occurred on the second floor.
The Boulder Planning Board on June 23 approved two sets of draft minutes and handled a call‑up use review without escalation to a formal call‑up.
The board approved the Feb. 17, 2026 minutes with recorded yes votes from Mark McIntyre, Kurt Nordback, Mason Roberts, ML Robles and Chair Laura Kaplan; Max Lord declined to vote on that set because he was absent from that meeting. The April 28, 2026 minutes were also approved, with votes cast by Max Lord, Mason Roberts, ML Robles and Chair Kaplan; two members who had been absent from that meeting were not part of the vote.
Chair Kaplan then introduced a staff‑level use review for 2521 Broadway Unit A proposing conversion of ground‑floor office space to a three‑bedroom residential unit in the BC2 zone. Senior planner Alex Pichacz explained the building is mixed‑use, that upper floors already contain residential units and that Unit B on the second floor had been converted previously (and therefore did not require use review). Board member ML Robles asked clarifying questions about the existing units; Chair Kaplan said she was normally cautious about converting ground‑floor commercial uses along Broadway but agreed with staff analysis in this case and chose not to call the item up for further review.
No formal motion to call up the item was made and no action beyond the staff recommendation was taken. The board adjourned at approximately 7:08 p.m.; Thomas Remke, board secretary, confirmed the next regular meeting is July 21, 2026.
These routine actions were taken at the start of a meeting that focused primarily on an informational presentation about the Civic Area East Bookend RFP.
